The world population, especially the European one, faces a serious
process of demographic aging, whereas the number of the over-60-year old
persons shall increase very fast in the following years, if it is to be compared
with the young, respectively the adult population. Romania does not make
an exception when it comes to this trend, especially now when the negative
demographic balance sheet shall cause a step-by-step decrease in the
number of the inhabitants, while the life expectancy average shall continue
to be situated below the European average. The Republic of Moldova finds
itself among the other European countries where the weight of the elder
population is in a continuous growth, and the appraisals indicate even its
doubling the following two decades, namely in the period of time when the
generations born after 1990 shall get to the reproduction period.